Lilium speciosum rubrum

Lilium speciosum rubrum
Fragrant, deep pink in late summer
Size: 3-4’ x 12” Care: Sun to part shade in moist, acidic soil Native: part of China & southern Japan
Englebert Kaempfer, first physician to the Dutch East India Co. on Deschema Island (1690’s) described Lilium speciosum in his writings, published in 1712. Introduced to Europe by Siebold and to England in 1832. The English periodical Botanical Register described it: “surely if there is anything, not human, which is magnificent in beauty, it is this plant.” America by the 1850’s.

- information provided by Betty Adelman, Heritage Flower Farm (link here)